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Thor's Well

Located at Cape Perpetua Thor's Well is a bowl-shaped hole that is the result of a collapsed sea cave. At high tide, the bowl fills up and sprays sea water...
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Located at Cape Perpetua Thor's Well is a bowl-shaped hole that is the result of a collapsed sea cave. At high tide, the bowl fills up and sprays sea water everywhere- and then the sea sucks it all back down and out into the ocean again. As you can see, the surf was pretty high, so I did not get too close to the opening.

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Nikon D810 ISO31 ƒ-22 1.6sec 17mm © 2017
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Aperture f/22 ISO 31 Shutter 16/10 Focal Length 170/10

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love it such a great shot.

Thank you Chris! This was a LOT of fun to capture!

Excellent composition, very dramatic!

Alfredo, you are too kind! The tide was coming in, so every set of waves got bigger and closer. My wife was 100 feet behind us yelling "Be Careful!" while my daughter was right behind me watching for errant waves. It looks scarier than it was, but around the ocean, you can NEVER bee too careful!

absolutely beautiful

Our world is an amazing place!

Amazing work!

You are very kind Ali! Thank you!

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Stunning photo!

It is an stunnignplace- Go to Oregon!

Beautiful scene and capture!

Got real lucky!

Exquisite! Very dramatic

Thank you Bob!

Great gallery with beautiful images

excellent photo's all around.

Thank you Darrell

awesome!

Thank you Paragvn...

wow great shot

Hey Matt! Thank you- it is a COOL place!

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Beautiful long exposure / Voted

Thank you Byron!

Beautiful shot..

Its a real cool place!

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cool photograph with nice details and good contrasts, keep shooting!

Thank you Marc!

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Gorgeous

Thank you I appreciate it!

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Location

This is at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. It is a BIT of a hike.... but not bad. It is not just a matter of getting there- you have to time it right. Too early, and the water does not even come up..... too late and the hole is completely flooded. You want to be there on a rising tide, with the tide about 2/3 of the way in for best results.

Time

Time of day is dictated by the tides. Ideally, you want to get it at sunset.... but the well is so photogenic on it's own, you dont really NEED a sunset. Like most any landscape, its just a matter of getting lucky. This specific image is good, but not lucky; I have been back since and gotten better backgrounds....

Lighting

Again, just get lucky. I would say, as a matter of encouragement, I see too many photographers get somewhere and the sky is socked in or something, so they give up and walk away. DON'T! So many of my best pictures I thought has horrible skies, but I did not give up and ended up with something spectacular. And if you don't, work what you get into what you shoot. Don't like the sky, THEN DON'T SHOOT IT!!!! Don't walk away... re-eval;uate your shot!

Equipment

Tripod is a must. A remote wouldn't hurt. Wide angle required.... I shot at 17mm. Since you wuill probably want to smear the water, you will also need a polarizer, ND, or big stopper to cut the light and drag the shutter..

Inspiration

I just look for what I consider to be the best comp and try and shoot that. You can't always tell from the viewfinder.... so always good to shoot a few different comps to get the final.

Editing

This was (as I recall) three images merged. I liked the shape of different exposures so I combined what I liked the best into the master image. Chroma is probably a little to hot for my current tastes....

In my camera bag

I keep a couple bags for different uses. This was my FF bag, which has a D810, a 15-30, a 70-200 and a 24-70 in it. RRS mount and ball head. wireless remote. I used a wide (140mm) poolarizer.

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First, check the tide tables. Plan on spending an hour here, longer if you want. Shoot a LOT- time exposures all vary, and you will want as many options as you can get! Take your time and enjoy this coastline, it is one of the great pleasures in life!

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Located at Cape Perpetua Thor's Well is a bowl-shaped hole that is the result of a collapsed sea cave. At high tide, the bowl fills up and sprays sea water... Read more

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